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The Goal is Orderly Worship
Commentators explain that this instruction's primary goal is to maintain peace and order during public worship. The concern is to prevent disruptions that could arise from public questions during a service. Scholars like John Calvin clarify this is a matter of 'propriety and edification' for the gathered church, not a universal prohibition on women speaking in all contexts.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 14:35
18th Century
Theologian
And if they will learn any thing. If anything has been spoken which they do not understand, or if on any particular subject they desire mo…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 14:35
19th Century
Bishop
If they will learn anything.—Better, if they are desirous to learn anything. They are not even to ask questions …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 14:29–36
(29–33a) As for regulating prophesying in church, only a limited number—not over three—should speak, lest so much be said as to cause confusion. Th…
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John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 14:35
16th Century
Theologian
If they wish to learn anything. So that he may not seem, by this means, to shut out women from opportunities for learning, he desires them…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 14:35
17th Century
Pastor
And if they will learn anything
If they are desirous of learning anything in relation to doctrine, duty, or discipli…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 14:34–40
17th Century
Minister
When the apostle exhorts Christian women to seek information on religious subjects from their husbands at home, it shows that believing families sh…